Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:05:35 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Denise Ryan Subject: Re: Oland Rd. lappies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If you don't ask, you will never get what you want. You never know what = kind of person of means might be reading all of the posts on MDOsprey. = Dream big and ask big. There are lots of smaller land trusts, national = land trusts, that might be able to help out as well. Denise "keep them dreaming" Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On = Behalf Of Maurice Barnhill Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 11:33 AM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Oland Rd. lappies Could MOS buy it for a sanctuary? It could be leased to a farmer with = restrictions on what he could grow to ensure that the plot remains good = for birds, and taxes are no longer a problem. Les Eastman wrote: > Hey, let's all throw in our pennies and we should have that 2 > million=20 dollars (conservative estimate ?) in no time. > > Unfortunately, those are the economics these days. No one can > afford=20 to buy these tracks except developers. Another farmer can't > afford to=20 buy it because he would never recoup his investment. Even > if a farmer=20 never sells his land, when he dies, his heirs are > assessed taxes for=20 that 2 million dollar value, almost guaranteeing > that it will be sold=20 to developers at that time. > > Les > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Les Eastman > mailto:les@birdtreks.com > Havre de Grace, MD > > The eagle looked down on the river below > And he wrapped his wings round him and he fell like a stone And the=20 > big salmon fought but the talons held true And he shuddered as the=20 > world turned from silver to blue > Steve Earle > > > Denise Ryan wrote: > >> Unless some bird-loving person tried to buy the property and not=20 >> build on it. It is a long shot, but I thought I'd throw that=20 >> suggestion out there. >> >> Denise Ryan >> Washington, DC >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] >> On Behalf Of Rick Sussman >> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:56 AM >> To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM >> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Oland Rd. lappies >> >> >> Hi all, >> Some business took me to Frederick yesterday morning, and on my >> way=20 home I decided to stop on Oland Rd. to see if the Lapland >> Longspurs=20 were still around. There is a huge flock of Horned Larks >> still=20 feeding in a manured field along the road (the site of the >> famous=20 Snowy Owl in 2000). There were numerous lappies in the >> flock, giving=20 me adequate looks through the scope. Many of the >> larks actually came=20 onto the road to feed (?) briefly before >> flying back into the fields. = >> There wasn't a lot of traffic, but the road edge is still mostly snow >> = >> and ice so parking was tricky. Also present was a flyby Harrier and a >> = >> small flock of Tundra Swans in the same field. No Peregrine. No=20 >> Pipit, no Snow Buntings (while I was there) that I saw. >> >> A word of note; while I was there a crew of construction workers were >> = >> erecting a large sign at the intersection of Rt 85 and Oland Rd. (I >> think) informing that the site is for sale by a realtor, some=20 >> hundrend and eighty acres or so. Another sign was at the other end of >> = >> Oland Rd. at the intersection with New Design Rd. So get up and >> see=20 these birds, as the site may be houses by next winter... >> >> This is also one of the best fields for Upland Sandpipers... >> >> >> Rick Sussman >> Ashton,MD >> warblerick@aol.com >> >> = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> =3D=3D >> To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to >> listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: >> signoff mdosprey = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> >> = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> =3D=3D >> To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to = listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >> with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >> = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> >> > > = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > =3D > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to = listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > -- Maurice Barnhill mvb@udel.edu [Use ReplyTo, not From] [bellatlantic.net is reserved for spam only] Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com = with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================